At Tesla’s 2025 Annual Meeting, something significant and important happened. The outcome was not determined by proxy advisory firms. Instead, it was driven by shareholders who exercised their independent judgment. The people who actually own the company ...

Tesla shareholders voted Thursday to restore CEO Elon Musk's record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year, sending a strong vote of confidence in his leadership of the electric vehicle maker. The favorable vote ...

Elon Musk Tesla compensation $158 billion stunned markets with a record-setting payout tied fully to performance. On paper, it is the largest CEO compensation ever recorded. In reality, Musk received nothing — and that paradox is exactly what makes the deal worth understanding.

Proxy-voting certainly took the spotlight in 2025. We saw the SEC narrow the scope of permissible shareholder proposals toward the beginning of the year. And toward the end, a White House executive order placed further scrutiny on proxy-vote advisors.